The term bodice ripper may inflame your passions (in a bad way, or in a good way!), but these old skool romances are still worth a read. Some are entertaining and some show how much the genre has transformed. All of them are epic love stories with happy endings 🙂

Sometimes, I just need to read something hysterical. Like, snorting with laughter hilarious. Like, laughing so hard and for so long that The Husband finally looks up from his computer screen to ask what the heck is so funny. These are some books that make that happen.

There is just something so lovable about wallflowers and the romances they star in. Perhaps it’s because so many readers empathize with those brilliant, witty but introverted and overlooked girls. Here are some of my favorite romance novels featuring wallflowers…

It is a truth universally acknowledged that men do not read or write romance novels…or are there dudes reading romances? I spoke with a few of them and about the portrayal of men in the genre, how people react to them, and how to make these books more appealing to dudes. Here’s what they have to say…